prana
/ˈprɑːnə
/noun [mass noun] Hinduism
Breath, considered as a life-giving force: prana is seen as a universal energy which flows in currents in and around the body...
- The second group intends to attain knowledge more gradually by the worship of prana, the life breath.
- Thus, the fixation of awareness to the body is replaced with awareness linked with subtler aspects of prana and spiritual dimensions.
- In its more advanced forms pranayama is actual control of prana; for beginners it is literally controlling the breath.
Origin
Sanskrit.
Rhymes
- FOBT
- fob watch
- focaccia
- focal
- focalise
- focalization
- focalize
- focal length
- focally
- focal plane
- non-national
- non-native
- non-natural
- non-naturalism
- non-naturalist
- non-naturalistic
- non-naturalistically
- non-naturalness
- non-necessary
- non-necessity
- non-negative
- non-negotiable
- non-net
- non-Newtonian
- non nobis